By Renae Mac

As we age our overall health and energy can decrease. There are lots of different factors that affect health including nutrition, exercise, stress, family, etc. However the one big factor that often gets overlooked is the health of the mind or to be more specific the brain. In order to create and maintain a healthy life the work must begin with the mind.

Your thoughts can control all aspects of your life including your health. The majority of us are only partially aware of the thoughts that go through our head. If you really focus on being aware of each and every thought you think you might be a little shocked.

Thoughts can become habitual and many people have been conditioned to have negative thought patterns. The good news is that habits are meant to be broken and it is fully possible to take control of your thoughts and make them work for you as opposed to working against you.

There are five main steps to follow in order to change your thoughts, increase the health of your mind as well as create a balanced, healthy and happy life.

1. Set the Intention
Changing habits and enforcing new positive habits is not always easy and many of you may not receive the support you need and deserve. This must be a decision you make for yourself. Be clear about your intention, think it, say it out loud and write it down. In this way you are making a commitment to yourself to do what it takes to accomplish your goal.

2. Be Aware of Your Thoughts
As mentioned before thoughts are habitual and it can be quite difficult at first to consciously be aware of every thought that passes through your head. Before you change them for the better you must be aware of exactly what you are thinking. Be aware of what you are thinking as you do each daily activity as well as when you go to bed at night. Don’t judge your thoughts, just be aware of them.

3. Make a Change
Once you are aware of how you think and your own thinking patterns you can then begin to change them. We all have the power to choose what we think and you have the power to change a negative thought into a positive. When you hear a negative or non-affirming thought in your head consciously decide to change it. Do not worry if at first you do not believe your new positive thought as overtime that will change. By switching your negative thought to a positive each and every time you will eventually create new thought patterns and habits.

This method is simple yet not easy but it works very well. It is a matter of sticking with it one hundred percent of the time. After a while your negative thought patterns will no longer have the power to affect or limit any aspect of your life. Your new positive thought patterns will send out new energy and create a more positive way of being which will equal a healthier and more rewarding life.

4. Working with Your Brain Frequencies
Besides simply being aware of your thoughts you can also get a little help by working directly with your brain frequencies. You can do this either with meditation or by using an external stimulus such as binaural beats.

By meditating or using brainwave audios such as binaural beats you are able to bypass the conscious mind and work directly with the subconscious mind. In this way you can make huge progress by tuning the brain to a specific frequency that helps with stress, anxiety and overall well being. If you combine these methods with affirmations you may notice your thought patterns and energy changing for the positive far quicker.

5. Take Time to Enjoy
Once you have made these changes and adopted this new healthier way of being it is up to you to get out there and enjoy life. Take little steps to do more of what you enjoy and be proud of the fact that you have given your mind the attention it needs in order to create the healthy life you deserve to enjoy.

Renae Mac founded www.binauralbeatsonline.com and has a passion for teaching and writing about how the mind and body are interconnected with a special interest in using brainwave audios such as binaural beats.